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This is......fantastic. Decided to go with a Lance Master and the combat and skills feel so drat good.
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Jebediah posted:This is......fantastic. Decided to go with a Lance Master and the combat and skills feel so drat good. I am glad I could get someone in to try it out! I am seriously in love with this game.
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The translation is almost certainly a pass through Google Translate. Thankfully everything is straightforward enough to get started, but if you're interested in the story, which this is very story driven as you mentioned, then it's probably better to wait until the official English version. That said, if you want to smash poo poo in the face with some awesome and challenging combat, jump in. Diablo style loot and super visceral combat. Tons of abilities with mods for each ability. The difficulty increased significantly when I hit the second area in the story (with the plague), and I found myself making sure I was dodging and using potions more often.
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Aug 15, 2020 14:21
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I played this pretty nonstop on KR release - it was very polished and a lot of fun. The classes were a bit unique in some respects and the dungeons were goofy. The boss system can be a ton of fun with friends Then they sold every end game item in the cash shop but ymmv. e: never not pick up mokokos
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FireWhizzle posted:I played this pretty nonstop on KR release - it was very polished and a lot of fun. The classes were a bit unique in some respects and the dungeons were goofy. The boss system can be a ton of fun with friends I was wondering if you could speak to the current state of the Korean version and what it has that the Russian version does not? How easy was it for you to make account?
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Aug 16, 2020 01:24
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Pretty sure you still have to buy an account from a broker due to the korean social security number thing. Who can then at any time they desire take back the account. The russian version is very "grey" on the cash shop. There's some pay for convenience, and some serious whale pay to win poo poo, but no outright end game items. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQJl17G3is That guy does some okay content for Lost Ark. tldr of that video is its about as pay to win as BDO.
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Aug 19, 2020 20:23
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Just going to save myself any headaches and avoid the Korean version, and the Russian cash shop. Still enjoying the game, and waiting patiently for the American release sometime in the next few decades.
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Aug 19, 2020 21:02
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how MMO-y is this I heard Amazon likely got the NA distribution rights for this
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eonwe posted:how MMO-y is this Not at all really, this could honestly be repackaged as a single player game. It's everything I wish Diablo III had been though. I hope the Amazon thing is not true, because so far Amazon's attempts to step into the gaming space have been a colossal failure. I said come in! fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Aug 20, 2020 |
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Aug 20, 2020 06:06
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I have a My.com account already. Is this region locked that I can't use this one already? I just don't need to jump a lot of hoops if I don't have to.
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BERGfu posted:I have a My.com account already. Is this region locked that I can't use this one already? I just don't need to jump a lot of hoops if I don't have to. It's region locked, you have to be connected to a Russian VPN and have a My.com account connected to a Mail.RU account. Which is kinda a roundabout way of saying yes you can use your current account, but you still need to make a Mail.RU account.
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I said come in! posted:It's region locked, you have to be connected to a Russian VPN and have a My.com account connected to a Mail.RU account. Which is kinda a roundabout way of saying yes you can use your current account, but you still need to make a Mail.RU account. Yeah I was hoping not to have to do all that but oh well
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game is fun. leveled a couple characters to early end game on RU server. really satisfying and fluid arpg/moba combat, both mechanically and creatively. most of the classes feel different and good. the grind just feels fun and the pvp/pve seems to be high skill cap, which is what really makes an mmo to me. haven't seen a ton of what else is available end game yet, but some of it (raids) looks very monster hunter style which seemed cool. just heard it got picked up by amazon games for western publication. that's probably a good thing. amazon isn't making the game, like New World, afaik they're just localizing and managing it's cash shop etc. i don't really trust amazon games yet as they have no good track record, but i think this is well within their reach. highly recommend this game if you like the combat style. either wait for western release or get a vpn that can connect to russia (exitlag etc) and try it out.
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Twisc posted:game is fun. leveled a couple characters to early end game on RU server. really satisfying and fluid arpg/moba combat, both mechanically and creatively. most of the classes feel different and good. the grind just feels fun and the pvp/pve seems to be high skill cap, which is what really makes an mmo to me. haven't seen a ton of what else is available end game yet, but some of it (raids) looks very monster hunter style which seemed cool. I'm not sure how to picture this, do you mean mechanically or visually monster Hunter style? Can you screen cap it next time so I can see?
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Aug 21, 2020 12:30
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Pretty sure I registered a my.com account through my facebook and didnt use the mail.ru thing. I had tried to play this about a year ago and couldnt get the mail.ru account connected to a vkontakt (or whatever it is) account because it wouldn't accept a US phone number. They really laxed on the region specific stuff, there's even native support for english in the launcher now, and you can download (but not launch) without a VPN.
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BERGfu posted:I'm not sure how to picture this, do you mean mechanically or visually monster Hunter style? Can you screen cap it next time so I can see? mechanically. you are a team of 4 that hunt a large monster, on a 20 min timer, over multiple phases covering different areas of the map. knowing a monster's attack patterns is important. feels very monster hunter inspired, in an arpg.
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Twisc posted:mechanically. you are a team of 4 that hunt a large monster, on a 20 min timer, over multiple phases covering different areas of the map. knowing a monster's attack patterns is important. feels very monster hunter inspired, in an arpg. Oh that makes more sense now. Looks like I'll use the suggestion above for a facebook login to see if that works.
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PriNGLeS posted:Pretty sure I registered a my.com account through my facebook and didnt use the mail.ru thing. I was just able to create an account and start the download directly from the client without using a phone number. was already connected with exitlag. Let's see how it goes from here. I selected login with mail.ru > create account > selected I don't have a phone. Didn't find the option for Facebook.
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lexxyth posted:I was just able to create an account and start the download directly from the client without using a phone number. was already connected with exitlag. Let's see how it goes from here. I selected login with mail.ru > create account > selected I don't have a phone. If you are logged in with your mail.ru account then you should be good to go.
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Yeah, worked for me. I mad an assassin on the server with "C" which would translate to Sirion or whatever. I read that most English speaking players are there.
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Correct about where english speakers are. I am playing an assassin too. Your character gets more and more naked as you level up, and then all of a sudden starts wearing clothes again. It is peak Korean MMORPG.
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hey this game looks great. what are the classes like? and how does it feel tod o multiplayer. can you be support or tanky?
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No support or tanking, this is an action RPG as an MMO. I'm sad as it looks like Amazon slipped on bringing this to the U.S. this year, but the pandemic no doubt made things difficult, along with their other issues making their own games.
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I have been following this game since it was released in Korea. I might give this a shot.
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How many dailies are there / how harshly will I be 'punished' if I don't log on for a few days in a row? p.s. is there a recommended discord to hang out in for this? edit further: i did not realize how much of a uhhh WoW feeling this has, including the publically shared out-world while you farm up 80 bird feathers Jinnigan fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Dec 22, 2020 |
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Dec 22, 2020 01:37
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Is Diablo clones the new trend or what, that's what the MTG one ended up being.
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Verbose posted:Is Diablo clones the new trend or what, that's what the MTG one ended up being. At least in Korea it is because Diablo has always been massively popular over there.
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Lost Ark to the west was just announced at Summer Games Fest. Fall 2021. Tester sign up: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udwbd5X0zbg Ehud fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ehud posted:Lost Ark to the west was just announced at Summer Games Fest. Finally! So excited for this. I just hope it can be up to date with the Korean version, because the Russian server is over a year behind in content.
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"The Confidential Closed Technical Alpha will run from June 11th, 2021 at Noon Pacific Time through the same time on June 16th, 2021. Head over to our Lost Ark site and scroll to the bottom of the page for more details." Just got a beta invite.
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Yesssss I got into the technical alpha test.
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If you dont get Alpha access (i'm skipping it) but want to watch how it is, DatModz and a few others are going to stream the alpha on Saturday. It seems it won't be like the RU/JP release (aka start from where KR started) since we're getting classes that came later and skipping some of the original ones (Arcana & Destroyer?)
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I said come in! posted:Yesssss I got into the technical alpha test. Same  I’ve had my eye on this game for so long. Can’t wait!
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Same, that's awesome. queeb posted:dang, where do you sign up https://www.playlostark.com/en-us
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Some KR players are posting on the reddit. This post about classes seems particularly helpful. https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/nxbtsg/class_recommendations_for_new_players/ Got my eye on a Bard.
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Missed it here (I think), but still excited to see how this turns out.
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madstrike posted:If you dont get Alpha access (i'm skipping it) but want to watch how it is, DatModz and a few others are going to stream the alpha on Saturday. Is this a special stream or a 'we don't care about NDA' stream?
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